However, the warbird (yes, I'm using an avian metaphor for a plane named for an invertebrate) had some hurdles to overcome before attaining its legendary status. Indeed, De Havilland's Mosquito ...

To do this, the aircraft's propellers required overhaul ... doing carving their names into the propeller blade of a de Havilland Mosquito at East Fortune on 27 February 1946?

De Havilland Aircraft Company, one of the most iconic plane builders in the world (via BAE Systems), was responsible for the Mosquito. A plane so popular with the Allies and so notorious to the ...

The aircraft won the race ... high speed racer went on to inform the design of the de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito, a light bomber that entered RAF service in 1941 and quickly became a multirole ...

Though de Havilland would develop some successful military aircraft (7,780 of the aforementioned Mosquito were manufactured), one of the company's better-known and most innovative jets was ...

Dubbed the “Wooden Wonder”, it fought its way to become the plane that saved Britain ... Hollywood blockbuster 633 Squadron, no de Havilland Mosquito has flown in British skies for nearly ...

The De Havilland Mosquito, affectionately known as “Mossie” and the “Wooden Wonder,” overcame initial skepticism to become one of WWII’s most versatile and effective aircraft.